Tight veneer barrel.



G. H. BROWN.

TIGHT VENEER BARREL.

APPLICATlN` FILED MAY 19. 1915.

1,200,581. Patented Oct. 10,1916.

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GEORGE I-IENRY BROWN, OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.

TIGHT VENEER BARREL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1916.

Application led May 19, 1915. Serial No. 29,160.

To all 'whom may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE I-I. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Norfolk, in the county of Norfolk and State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Tight Veneer Barrel, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in veneer barrels.

VThe object of the present invention is to improve the construction of veneer barrels, and to lessen the labor and expense of constructing barrels and barrel staves of sheets of veneer, and t0 provide a veneer barrel having the same bilge shape and form as the barrels in use, and adapted for the shipment 'of apples, cranberries, potatoes, and the like that require a moderately tight barrel.

A further object of tr the invention is to provide a veneer barrel of this character, which will not require the skill of a cooper in their construction, and which will lessen the waste of veneer, and not present any sharp edges that might cut or otherwise injure the contents of the barrel.

Another object of the invention is to provide a veneer barrel, the staves of which may be rapidly cut from the logs or sheets of veneer by an impression roller.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed `out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacriflcing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings z-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a veneer barrel, constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view of a portion of the barrel. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional perspective view of one side of the barrel. Fig. l is a plan view of a plurality of staves. Fig. 5 is an elevation of the impression or cutting roller.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the iigures of the drawings. c

l designates a tight veneer barrel, having a bilge, and designed to be constructed of one or more layers of veneer staves 2, which are cut from a sheet of veneer or the logs by an impression roller 3. These staves consist of central portions t and end portions 5, the central portions of each stave being provided with parallel side edges 6, and the end portions 5 bein-g tapered and having outwardly converging side edges 7 The parallel side edges 6 are cut by intermediate longitudinal knives or blades 8 of the impression roller, and the tapered ends of the staves are cut by means of inwardly converging knives or blades 9, which are straight and which have their inner terminals spaced apart and connected by a substantially circular blade or portion 10, which enables the impression roller to .cut clean and which prevents the sheet of veneer from splintering at the inner ends of the knives or blades 9. Instead of making the connectingv portions 10 of the knives or blades 9 circular, they may be of any iother desired coniguration. The impression roller may be provided at the connecting portions of the outery knives or blades with any suitable means for removing the cut wood therefrom so that the impression roller may be rapidly operated without liability of clogging. The connecting portions of the outer knives or blades 9 of the impression roller cut recesses 11 in the staves at the inner ends of the side edges of the tapered end portions of the staves, and when the staves are assembled in a barrel, the recesses form small openings 12. The parallel side edges of the central portions of the staves fit together, and the side edges of the tapered end portions also fit together, so that the staves do not present any interior edges, which might cut, or otherwise injure the contents of the barrel. The small openings 12 are arranged to be covered by the middle or bilge hoops 18 of the barrel, so that even when a barrel is constructed of a single layer of veneer staves, the openings will be covered and the barrel will be a tight one. The hoops 13 are secured to the barrel by suitable fastening de vices, and when the barrel is constructed of inner and outer layers 14C and 15, the staves of the said layers are alternately arranged, or are arranged to break joints, so that the openings of the outer layers will be covered by imperforate portions of the staves of the inner layers, thereby making a perfectly tight barrel.

The barrel is provided with inner and outer end hoops 16 and 17, and suitable heads 18 will be secured within the ends of the barrel.

It will be seen that by constructing the barrel of staves, consisting of tapered end portions and central portions, having `parallel side edges, the side edges of the staves it together throughout their entire length, when the said staves are assembled in a barrel, and that the barrel does not present interior sharp edges, which might cut, or otherwise injure the contents. Also it will be clear that by constructing a barrel of this form of stave, there is much less waste of veneer than when the staves are tapered from the center to the ends. Furthermore it will be apparent that as the staves are all of a uniform size, it will not require the skill of a cooper to make the barrels, as is the case where the staves vary in width. The rapidity with which the staves may be cut from a sheet of veneer or from the logs by an impression roller will also largely contribute to the production of an inexpensive barrel.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I Claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A barrel stave of veneer with the intermediate portion between the bilge hoop lines having parallel edges, and the remainder of the staves from the bilge hoop lines to the ends of the staves tapering from opposite sides, with the side edges of the taper portions merging into the corresponding side edges of the intermediate portion.

2. A barrel stave of veneer with the intermediate portion between the bilge hoop lines having parallel edges, and the remainder of the staves from the bilge hoop lines to the ends of the staves tapering from opposite sides, with the side edges of the taper ends of the stave merging into the parallel edges of the intermediate portion of the stave, and each stave having recesses on opposite sides where the taper end portions join the intermediate portions.

3. A 4barrel stave of veneer with the intermediate portion between the bilge hoop lines having straight parallel edges and the remainder of the staves from the bilge hoop lines to the ends of said staves having straight approaching edges joining and merging into the edges of the intermediate straight portions at an angle.

4. A barrel having staves of veneer with each stave provided with an intermediate portion having straight parallel edges between the bilge hoop lines and approaching edges from said lines to the end of the staves, with each stave recessed on opposite sides at the bilge hoop lines, whereby the hoops in the assembled barrel cover the recesses.

5. A barrel formed of a plurality of thicknesses of staves of veneer with the meeting edges of the staves between the bilge hoop lines having straight parallel edges and from the bilge hoop lines to `the ends having straight approaching edges with each stave recessed where the parallel and approaching edges meet, the staves being displaced oircumferentia-lly of the barrel `to bring the recesses out of alinement, and

bilge hoops for the barrel applied thereto in covering relation to the recesses on the outer layer of staves.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signa# ture in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE HENRY BROINN.

Titnesses IVM. H. TERRY, E. B. JOHNSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. Q" 

